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What happened to all the vans?

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dropbag_clone
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What happened to all the vans?

Post by dropbag_clone »

So what has happened to all the vans (or CDV's) that we supposedly invested in?
fishtank
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by fishtank »

They are still in a field somewhere in Kent....or was it a shed in Clacton....anyway. :whistle
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rcpostie
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by rcpostie »

fishtank wrote:They are still in a field somewhere in Kent....or was it a shed in Clacton....anyway. :whistle
nah most are in guildford d/o as they have now go up to number 86. we only had 60 vans that is including the 600 class vans as well. :cuppa

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spen
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by spen »

loads on our carpark
hans solo
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by hans solo »

ours were in the car park not to be used until revision no revision
but with all the bother at fife and dundee at xmas the vans went north but never came back
north london driver
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by north london driver »

any spare vans anywhere. north-london has no reserve vans avalible at the moment.
nothing to do with the cuts being made though, just bad mangement again.
arnold cheshire
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by arnold cheshire »

we are in west midlands area and weve got a welsh spare van with post brenhiol written on it
wacko74
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

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We've had a stand-in DOM this week who has been using a lovely, shiney brand new van just apparently for his own travel usage, much to our annoyance with our clapped out and falling to bits 4-5 year old vans.

Anyway I reversed into it today and rearranged the front wing, it looks much more at home amongst our old bangers now. :Very Happy
north london driver
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by north london driver »

wacko74 wrote:We've had a stand-in DOM this week who has been using a lovely, shiney brand new van just apparently for his own travel usage, much to our annoyance with our clapped out and falling to bits 4-5 year old vans.

Anyway I reversed into it today and rearranged the front wing, it looks much more at home amongst our old bangers now. :Very Happy
make sure you fill in your accident report and what van you hit and why it was in your office.
you may well find he wont be a stand-in-dom position for long. hope he signed for his keys.
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by maisymoo04 »

we picked 19 up from warrington mail centre last week for the start off our methods shite,no we cant fit them all in its a joke :Applause
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wacko74
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by wacko74 »

north london driver wrote:
wacko74 wrote:We've had a stand-in DOM this week who has been using a lovely, shiney brand new van just apparently for his own travel usage, much to our annoyance with our clapped out and falling to bits 4-5 year old vans.

Anyway I reversed into it today and rearranged the front wing, it looks much more at home amongst our old bangers now. :Very Happy
make sure you fill in your accident report and what van you hit and why it was in your office.
you may well find he wont be a stand-in-dom position for long. hope he signed for his keys.
Yeah no worries, I went and told him straight away, I'm sure I saw a little tear in his eye when he came out to look at it!
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by NWpostie »

maisymoo04 wrote:we picked 19 up from warrington mail centre last week for the start off our methods shite,no we cant fit them all in its a joke :Applause


Some offices I have driven to have yards so small that you would be lucky to fit 6 in never mind 20 + one size fits all approach is not going to work simples :Very Happy
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by Stormproof »

We've about 30+ new Bippers at my office aswell as our old ones, can't move in the car park anymore. The other day I had to move 10vans just to get my van out :arrrghhh and loading up is a f***ing nightmare.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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fishtank
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by fishtank »

Stormproof wrote:We've about 30+ new Bippers at my office aswell as our old ones, can't move in the car park anymore. The other day I had to move 10vans just to get my van out :arrrghhh and loading up is a f***ing nightmare.
Wait until it snows again Storm...thats a laugh.
One guy clearing the snow from his van blocks another three in and so on..... :chuckle
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RealDeal69
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Re: What happened to all the vans?

Post by RealDeal69 »

wacko74 wrote:We've had a stand-in DOM this week who has been using a lovely, shiney brand new van just apparently for his own travel usage, much to our annoyance with our clapped out and falling to bits 4-5 year old vans.

Anyway I reversed into it today and rearranged the front wing, it looks much more at home amongst our old bangers now. :Very Happy
THATS WHY YOU HAVE NO NEW VANS, YOU DONT LOOK AFTER THEM. AM SURE IF YOU HAD TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE AND ABUSE YOU GIVE THE VANS YOU WOULD THINK TWICE ABOUT HOW YOU USE THEM................... WELL DONE :Applause